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he was a special education student. his parents issued a statement. we take great solace that dylan died in the loving arms of his favorite teacher, the speal education teacher, anne marie murphy. the teachers in that school, the principal, psychologist, the teachers that die protecting their children, saving their children, comforting their children, those who survived, they are true heroes and they have not received the recognition, in my judgment, that they deserve. i point out that every one of them is a public-school teacher, a group that has been condemned, vilified, and denigrat by all sorts of people. i do wonder about this nexus we are making about mental illness and violence. we have had a number of gun violence in the district of columbia where people have been killed by firearms, prince george's county as well. are you suggesting to me that everyone who pulled a trigger is mentally ill? is that the suggestion? >> no. >> in mass killings, if you look at the virginia tecguide, and jared lghner, he was diagnosed as a paranoid schizophrenic, w
he was a special education student. his parents issued a statement. we take great solace that dylan died in the loving arms of his favorite teacher, the speal education teacher, anne marie murphy. the teachers in that school, the principal, psychologist, the teachers that die protecting their children, saving their children, comforting their children, those who survived, they are true heroes and they have not received the recognition, in my judgment, that they deserve. i point out that every...
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conversation one thing that they did not touch on which they should have touched on was immigration and education. but they were guided more by the moderator who did a great job in conducting this. i don't find the debate wanting on substantive issues. >> if you're my age and you are watching this thing and you're worried about medicare and social security, which of these individuals do you believe? >> i think it depends on who you are predisposed to believe. joe biden is a liberal, a new deal. to point outownefirst that, while his own president said is that he's willing to raise the retirement age, joe biden says no. this is a major for medicare and social security. they will not be around. we are the party of the medicare and social security. what about n? what will you do when your own president has said medicare will die unless it is reform? i think he is inclined toward that new deal liberalism. you except what joe biden will say. if you listen to paul ryan, he said we have to amend it. we have to change it. and this is how we will do it. >> i want to get to policy, to appear in a week after
conversation one thing that they did not touch on which they should have touched on was immigration and education. but they were guided more by the moderator who did a great job in conducting this. i don't find the debate wanting on substantive issues. >> if you're my age and you are watching this thing and you're worried about medicare and social security, which of these individuals do you believe? >> i think it depends on who you are predisposed to believe. joe biden is a liberal,...
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, wealthier and better educated people are more likely to vote. but states critical to both campaigns such as colorado, nevada, florida and here in virginia have seen large growth in hispanic population and voter registration in recent years, and they are up for grabs. in a tight election, these voters could end up providing the winner with the margin of victory. how do you talk to a population of 50 million people? for one thing, in spanish and through a variety of channels. bettina inclan is the republican national committee's director of hispanic outreach. >> there's a lot of diversity within the hispanic community. 20-plus different countries, different, differences in generation-- first generation versus third generation-- so having a message that connects with all of them, but also recognizes a uniqueness and when to be culturally aware is incredibly important. i think that's why a lot of our outreach efforts are so localized. >> suarez: in battleground colorado, that was a juntos con romney-- "together with romney"- - event, headlined by ro
, wealthier and better educated people are more likely to vote. but states critical to both campaigns such as colorado, nevada, florida and here in virginia have seen large growth in hispanic population and voter registration in recent years, and they are up for grabs. in a tight election, these voters could end up providing the winner with the margin of victory. how do you talk to a population of 50 million people? for one thing, in spanish and through a variety of channels. bettina inclan is...
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legal defense and educational fund, which filed an amicus brief in this case. and richard kahlenberg is a senior fellow at the century foundation. he wrote a recent report arguing for race-neutral admission policies that he says foster diversity. you were at the court, debo. what's at stake under coming classes of rising freshmen and their families sking admissio to public univsities this case? >> well, the stakes are very high. it's clear that everybody recognized today that diversity in higher education is a compelling interest. it's something that benefit all the-- all the students benefit from-- blark white, latino, asian. everybody benefits from these cross-racial interactions. and too many of our high schools are racially identified. there's lot of residential segregation leading to segregation in school, not by law but by practice. the result is too many kids n't have these interactionsesses until they get to college and are able to learn from each other and break down stereotypes. the ramification of this case could be far reaching depending on how the
legal defense and educational fund, which filed an amicus brief in this case. and richard kahlenberg is a senior fellow at the century foundation. he wrote a recent report arguing for race-neutral admission policies that he says foster diversity. you were at the court, debo. what's at stake under coming classes of rising freshmen and their families sking admissio to public univsities this case? >> well, the stakes are very high. it's clear that everybody recognized today that diversity in...
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many educators believe that is impossible. the administration has said the waivers are a temporary measure while the education secretary works with congress to rewrite the law. 250,000 computers around the world are in danger of losing internet access on monday. it's all the result of malicious software dubbed the "internet doomsday" virus. back in november, it infected more than four million computers, directing users to false web sites to steal information. the fbi set up clean internet servers to take over from the malicious ones, but the clean servers are being shut down on monday the fbi web siteas iormaon on how to check if individual computers are infected. those are some of the day's major stories. now, back to judy. >> woodruff: banks and the way some have operated were back at the center of attention again this week. the focus this time is on the british bank barclays, and how it and others altered lending rates for profits. margaret warner has the story. >> warner: the scandal ventures on a key interest rate called
many educators believe that is impossible. the administration has said the waivers are a temporary measure while the education secretary works with congress to rewrite the law. 250,000 computers around the world are in danger of losing internet access on monday. it's all the result of malicious software dubbed the "internet doomsday" virus. back in november, it infected more than four million computers, directing users to false web sites to steal information. the fbi set up clean...
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yousufzai spoke out on girls' education at a u.n. children's assembly last year. the taliban called her work "an obscenity" in a statement claiming responsibility for the attack. one out of every eight people on earth is going hungry, according to a u.n. report today. that comes to 870 million people, but it's far below the figure of one billion announced in 2009. the u.n. food and agriculture organization blamed flawed methodology and poor data for the earlier number, and it said the mber of hury people has been declining steadily in the past two decades. athens, greece, erupted in angry protests today against the visiting chancellor of germany, angela merkel. germany is the leading contributor to the greek bailout, but at a price that's embittered many greeks. we have a report from james mates of independent television news. . >> reporter: at the airport the welcome was warm. the protocol followed to the letter. but this was no routine visit from the head of one e.u. government to another. angela merkel is hated here. widely blamedded for inflicting a depression
yousufzai spoke out on girls' education at a u.n. children's assembly last year. the taliban called her work "an obscenity" in a statement claiming responsibility for the attack. one out of every eight people on earth is going hungry, according to a u.n. report today. that comes to 870 million people, but it's far below the figure of one billion announced in 2009. the u.n. food and agriculture organization blamed flawed methodology and poor data for the earlier number, and it said the...
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on friday, we talk to education secretary arne duncan about last week's elementary school shootings. plus we'll have the analysis of mark shields and michael gerson. also tomorrow evening a special pbs broadcast called "after newtown" begins a national dialogue about the issues raised by that tragedy. it's a collaboration of all our national news and science programs and will be hosted by our own gwen ifill. check your local listings. i'meffrey brown. >> suarez: and i'm ray suarez we'll see you online and again here tomorrow evening. thank you and good night. >> major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: >> and the william and flora hewlett foundation, working to solve social and environmental problems at home and around the world. >> and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. and... >> th proam was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. captioning sponsored by macneil/lehrer productions captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org
on friday, we talk to education secretary arne duncan about last week's elementary school shootings. plus we'll have the analysis of mark shields and michael gerson. also tomorrow evening a special pbs broadcast called "after newtown" begins a national dialogue about the issues raised by that tragedy. it's a collaboration of all our national news and science programs and will be hosted by our own gwen ifill. check your local listings. i'meffrey brown. >> suarez: and i'm ray...
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there has been some slippage from the president among women voters, primenaryly white women and highly educated affluent white women. i was really struck by the degree to which the president aggressively promoted some of the things he has done, lie contraceptive coverage, and his economic issues, and health care reform is an economic issue, to really sort of try to weave his entire agenda into the economy. >> so was that tnsparent? i cannot recall him being, again, this assertive, to put all of this into a bigger picture for his agenda. >> woodruff: what about a romney -- in the romney camp, they must feel like they made some headway in some of the polls shown among women. what message do they need to get across to these women? >> i think it just comes down to closing the deal. convincing people that the next four years under barack obama are not going to be any bter than the last four yea are. so once again, we had mitt romney promoting his own abilities, his business background, and basically he kept saying over and over and over again i know how to do this. >> woodruff: and, julie, we heard
there has been some slippage from the president among women voters, primenaryly white women and highly educated affluent white women. i was really struck by the degree to which the president aggressively promoted some of the things he has done, lie contraceptive coverage, and his economic issues, and health care reform is an economic issue, to really sort of try to weave his entire agenda into the economy. >> so was that tnsparent? i cannot recall him being, again, this assertive, to put...
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>> ( translated ): we as educators don't support one side or the other. our concern is for the child to learn. so we keep the school open and help with their fears. we can't do as much as before, but the key thing is to try and deal with their anxiety. joarpt up down, left, right, 2, 3, 4-- out in the playground it's a p . e. lesson, exercises including run to the wall and back. here, the running is for fun, but beyond the school walls, a smell or mortar can la anywhere, any time. running can be a matter of life and death. for obvious reasons, the killing of small children and teachers in and around school buildings is pretty near the top of the news agenda at the moment, so it is in this educational district and the one next door alone, in the past two weeks, 35 children and two teachers have been killed. the security building next to the school was car bombed recently, leaving a staff candid about the problems they face here. >> ( translated ): lot of children had to leave their areas, friends, teachers, and move, which is very difficult. all the, we ge
>> ( translated ): we as educators don't support one side or the other. our concern is for the child to learn. so we keep the school open and help with their fears. we can't do as much as before, but the key thing is to try and deal with their anxiety. joarpt up down, left, right, 2, 3, 4-- out in the playground it's a p . e. lesson, exercises including run to the wall and back. here, the running is for fun, but beyond the school walls, a smell or mortar can la anywhere, any time. running...
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an many of them are very well educated. one of the things that i found when i was over there reporting and later researching the book was how many libyans had been educated in britain or in america. so they should be able to make a go of it. they have all of those advantages. but what happens in the years of dictatorship is qaddafi managed to convince the libyans really to be more loyal to their own family or tribe or town than to the country. for example, people of miss rattee, misurata was under siege for several months. they fought incredibly bravely there. but they really feel, they really feel that they got rid of qaddafi alone and all the other libyans were just sitting around drinking teament they really don't give credit to anybody else. and you'll find that all over. that there are all these big forces to try and split people apart. >> you were back and forth across this countryment this archipelago of cities near the mediterranean coast. but this sounds from your reporting that there was some time when it was impo
an many of them are very well educated. one of the things that i found when i was over there reporting and later researching the book was how many libyans had been educated in britain or in america. so they should be able to make a go of it. they have all of those advantages. but what happens in the years of dictatorship is qaddafi managed to convince the libyans really to be more loyal to their own family or tribe or town than to the country. for example, people of miss rattee, misurata was...
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giving them access to higher education. as i said, we have made sure that millions of young people are ale to get education that they weren't able to get before. >> crowley: mr. president, i have to move you along here. we need to stop you here >> romney: just one second because this is important. this is part of the choice in this election. when governor romney was asked whether teachers, hiring more teachers was important to growing our economy, governor romney said that doesn't grow our economy. >> crowley: the question, mr. president, was guns here so i need to move us along >> romney: i understand. crowley: the question was guns >> romney: but this will make a difference in terms of whether or not we can move this economy forward for these young people >> crowley: i understand romney: and reduce our violence >> crowley: thank you so much. i want to ask carol goldberg to stand up because she gets to a question for governor romney. >> the outsourcing of american jobs overseas has taken a toll on our economy. what plans d
giving them access to higher education. as i said, we have made sure that millions of young people are ale to get education that they weren't able to get before. >> crowley: mr. president, i have to move you along here. we need to stop you here >> romney: just one second because this is important. this is part of the choice in this election. when governor romney was asked whether teachers, hiring more teachers was important to growing our economy, governor romney said that doesn't...
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let's no reduce funds for education. 58% said let's not cut funding to help lower income people. there is very little give on raising the retirement age for either social security or for medicare. the public opposes this. so it's one of these deals where the public thinks something has to be done and they are reluctant themselves to accept sacrifices in cuts in programs. >> suarez: so by a very small margin, if i recall your numbers they would support means testing for medicare? that is cutting back on the benefits for wealthy people but not raising the age at which everyone would become eligible? >> that's quite right. again -- it's a funny thing here ray. the fairness issue which looms so large over the past year and over the past few years is playing out in the way people think about how to deal with the fiscal cliff crisis. >> suarez: andy kohut of the pew research center. thanks a lot. >> you're welcome, ray. >> suarez: and that brings us to a big part of the medicare debate. should the eligibility age for future retirees be raised from 65 to 67? many democrats have pressure
let's no reduce funds for education. 58% said let's not cut funding to help lower income people. there is very little give on raising the retirement age for either social security or for medicare. the public opposes this. so it's one of these deals where the public thinks something has to be done and they are reluctant themselves to accept sacrifices in cuts in programs. >> suarez: so by a very small margin, if i recall your numbers they would support means testing for medicare? that is...
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we know it will have a devastating impact on education. medicaid also provides one third of america's children with the only health care they have. so there are many people to think about. i always think that the 535 people in congress who are gog to mak this decision, it's not really about them. it's about 360 million americans that need them to step up to a very tough issue, find a solution that works for all of americans, not just a few. >> brown: what should the stance of the president... what do you want the stance of the president to be coming out of this election? stick to some guns? compromise? where should he be? >> the president was really clear in this election that he was fighting to protect the middle class from more cuts and do dehat would get the economy moving again. what he said is he's going to stick to his guns on that. we think that's... our members who worked really hard and worked our guts out, were knocking on doors and making phone calls to elect the president, that's definitely what they think is needed. they've be
we know it will have a devastating impact on education. medicaid also provides one third of america's children with the only health care they have. so there are many people to think about. i always think that the 535 people in congress who are gog to mak this decision, it's not really about them. it's about 360 million americans that need them to step up to a very tough issue, find a solution that works for all of americans, not just a few. >> brown: what should the stance of the...
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not only the realistic of what you are going to make in each of the levels as you continue in your education but we also try and talk about okay right now williston is booming. as we grow, some of these things are going to start to die off. >> reporter: tom rolfstad though thinks there is enough oil below the surface to drill for up to 50 years and because of that williston will continue to have needs that go far beyond the oil fields. >> we need more doctors, we need more dentists, more chiropractors, more attorneys, more accountants, you know we need those service sector jobs. we need pretty much everything. if you open the yellow pages and look at any kind of business we need more of them. >> reporter: going forward-- the job of educating a population with some of the most unique challenges in the country will fall to superintendent viola lafointaine. she admits that the oil boom has been a burden at times for her district, but she says students in williston are benefiting from the diversity that has come with it. >> where are you from? >> we have had the experience to meet kids and famil
not only the realistic of what you are going to make in each of the levels as you continue in your education but we also try and talk about okay right now williston is booming. as we grow, some of these things are going to start to die off. >> reporter: tom rolfstad though thinks there is enough oil below the surface to drill for up to 50 years and because of that williston will continue to have needs that go far beyond the oil fields. >> we need more doctors, we need more dentists,...
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is this a big problem in american education or really an isolated incident? >> no, it's certainly not an isolated incident. this is an issue that exists on virtually every campus in the country if not beyond that. we know that the national research tells us that about 55% of all students have experienced lazing as a result of being a part of some sortf organization or team. and so i would say that it's far beyond an isolated incident. >> suarez: dr. lipkins, there have been movements from administrators, from student leaders, from the organizations themselves to stop it yet as you heard dean apgar, more than half of all collegiates who join a group are hazed. what is going on there? >> yes. well it's pervasive and it's integrate mood our culture and our society. there's a huge code of silence so that people who are victimized do no come forward. and a lot of kids feel like, you know, this is a rite of passage and there is no big deal. they're having a great time, even if they're not having a great time they bond and they feel that it's worth it. that this is
is this a big problem in american education or really an isolated incident? >> no, it's certainly not an isolated incident. this is an issue that exists on virtually every campus in the country if not beyond that. we know that the national research tells us that about 55% of all students have experienced lazing as a result of being a part of some sortf organization or team. and so i would say that it's far beyond an isolated incident. >> suarez: dr. lipkins, there have been...
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i also made, wrote and directed a miniseries on brown versus the board of education. >> rose: absolutely. >> in which sydney poitier ayed thurgood marshall and burt lancaster played john w davis. so-- . >> rose: two opposing counsels on the argument. >> exactly, in the supreme court. so you know, i'vead the oppounit to do really the creative things that i want to do. and i had just-- i can did produce from my friend terrence malick the james jones film, thin red line. >> rose: so the kennedy center honors which is as i suggested one of the great events in washington, and then seen on cbs on december 26th. this partnership has worked well. but it is something that i think people aspire to. it's likthe presidential metal of freedom in a certain way. it is to honor people for contribution beyond sort of the obvious metals that they get. it's different than the oscar. it's for life. >> right. and it's their country honoring them. when i started the american film institute our sofs offices were in the kennedy center and on the 10th anniversary of afi we go an event, we had a white house recep
i also made, wrote and directed a miniseries on brown versus the board of education. >> rose: absolutely. >> in which sydney poitier ayed thurgood marshall and burt lancaster played john w davis. so-- . >> rose: two opposing counsels on the argument. >> exactly, in the supreme court. so you know, i'vead the oppounit to do really the creative things that i want to do. and i had just-- i can did produce from my friend terrence malick the james jones film, thin red line....
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they need more education. they also traditionally take more risks. >> sreenivasan: then there's a specific focus to younger male african-americans in specific that are having more unprotected sex perhaps. what is it about this particular community that makes this such a bigger problem? >> we've seen a huge shift in the united states where the epidemic began in gay men who upper middle class largely living in the cities or middle class and it shifted to the south in poor african-american men many who have sex with men and don't identity with gay communities. they're often disenfranchised from health care, don't have access. their education, their schools might not offer any information or little information about h.i.v., and there's very little encouragement in the community to get tested as well. the role of the church plays a factor. and if you're having sex with a community of people who already have a lot of virus, your odds of getting infected are much much higher. >> sreenivasan: what about that testing e
they need more education. they also traditionally take more risks. >> sreenivasan: then there's a specific focus to younger male african-americans in specific that are having more unprotected sex perhaps. what is it about this particular community that makes this such a bigger problem? >> we've seen a huge shift in the united states where the epidemic began in gay men who upper middle class largely living in the cities or middle class and it shifted to the south in poor...
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malala yousufzai has been an outspoken critic of taliban atrocities and a promoter of girls' education. the country's prime minister visited the girl's family today at a military hospital near islamabad. he called the shooting an attack on pakistan's core values. >> we pledge that we will not allow the future of our children to be endangered by the militant mind-set. we pledge that the enemies of pakistan will never be allowed to succeed. >> sreenivasan: meanwhile, a military official said yousufzai is in satisfactory condition, after having a bullet removed from her neck. she's being kept unconscious and on a ventilator for now. this year's winner of the nobel prize for literature voiced hope today that a fellow chinese laureate will get out of prison. mo yan was honored with the literature award yesterday. at a news conference today, he said he hopes that dissident liu xiaobo regains his freedom very soon. liu won the nobel peace prize in 2010 after being sentenced to 11 years in prison for advocating an end to china's one-party rule. the space shuttle "endeavour" has begun a final,
malala yousufzai has been an outspoken critic of taliban atrocities and a promoter of girls' education. the country's prime minister visited the girl's family today at a military hospital near islamabad. he called the shooting an attack on pakistan's core values. >> we pledge that we will not allow the future of our children to be endangered by the militant mind-set. we pledge that the enemies of pakistan will never be allowed to succeed. >> sreenivasan: meanwhile, a military...
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earlier this year, hari sreenivasan toured the ford's theatre center for education and leadership in washington, d.c., with historian richard norton smith. >> sreenivasan: walking into the theater center is like tang a step back in time to the cobblestone streets of washington on april 16, 1855, the day after president abraham lincoln's death. newspaper headlines cover the walls of the new exhibit which ...in a building across the street from ford's theater where the president was assassinated. >> you walk to the third floor and you come to this mothy attic. the chronological treatment. >> reporter: presidential historian richard norton smith, who helped design the center, says its mission is to examine how lincoln has influenced americans great and small since his death. in part, that influence is symbolized by the 34-foot-high book tower that connects the center's three floors. it's made of aluminum and represents some of the roughly 15,000 works written about lincoln. >> the story didn't end on april 15. in some ways, the story begins. the story of what we want lincoln to be. whic
earlier this year, hari sreenivasan toured the ford's theatre center for education and leadership in washington, d.c., with historian richard norton smith. >> sreenivasan: walking into the theater center is like tang a step back in time to the cobblestone streets of washington on april 16, 1855, the day after president abraham lincoln's death. newspaper headlines cover the walls of the new exhibit which ...in a building across the street from ford's theater where the president was...
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tax code, education, health care. i'm going to reform our institutions. you don't have to love me, i'm not charming. i'm going reform our institutions, that's a decent argument. that has been missing i think in part because the core is not there and so the distraction as i say by the apology or you didn't build that or you know that's all, nobody is floating on that stuff. >> rose: at this stage conservatives are happy, not so happy with mitt romney, he did somhinghey loved, cho pau ryn. they like the foreign policy stuff. >> we just had a week of conservative vapors because the polls have collapsed. >> rose: he's down. >> so if they love you when the polls are down, they're with you. if they actually don't like you then there is an instinct to do the preemptive scapegoating because they are getting ready if he does lose who to blame and there will be an instinct just to scape goat romney. and you have seen a number of conservatives say if we can't win now we should just close up shop and go home because this is our election. >> rose: and katie bar the do
tax code, education, health care. i'm going to reform our institutions. you don't have to love me, i'm not charming. i'm going reform our institutions, that's a decent argument. that has been missing i think in part because the core is not there and so the distraction as i say by the apology or you didn't build that or you know that's all, nobody is floating on that stuff. >> rose: at this stage conservatives are happy, not so happy with mitt romney, he did somhinghey loved, cho pau ryn....
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to get a job and having an incoming coming in, secure income coming in, and being able to pay for my education, go to school at the same time that i'm working. being able to provide rent money for my mom, which i haven't been able to do because i don hav a job. >> suarez: javier called his sister the day the president announced the new policy. sonia, who preferred to give only her first name, has years of college, no criminal record, and has been in the country since 1989, but it turned out she was too old by just ten months. >> at first, i was like, it was a frustration, i wish i could have had the opportunities that other dreamers had. i know. but at the same time, i'm glad, because lots of my family members, they qualify for the program, so it's great. my brother's one of them. >> suarez: javier expects to hear back any day now about his application. for him, deferred action is just a stop on the way to a stable future, a way to get legal work, and hope congress gets to work on long-term solution for him and his family. >> warner: what's the connection between the dreamers and john lennon?
to get a job and having an incoming coming in, secure income coming in, and being able to pay for my education, go to school at the same time that i'm working. being able to provide rent money for my mom, which i haven't been able to do because i don hav a job. >> suarez: javier called his sister the day the president announced the new policy. sonia, who preferred to give only her first name, has years of college, no criminal record, and has been in the country since 1989, but it turned...
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kwame holman introduces some special debate teaching tools. >> holman: working with educators around the country, newshour extra, our site for students and teachers, has put together resources to help young viewers learn about the history and evolution of debates, and feel more connected to the democratic process. find those links on the rundown. and headhunter nick corcodilos answers your job search questions, including how to approach a full career change. all that and more is on our web site, newshour.pbs.org. gwen? >> ifill: and that's the newshour for tonight. on wednesday, we'll be joined by mark shields and david brooks for our debate preview. i'm gwen ifill. >> woodruff: and i'm judy woodruff. we'll see you online and tomorrow night for our live presidential debate coverage. our own jim lehrer is moderator, and you can join me and gwen for our special, beginning at 9:00 p.m. thank you, and good nigt. major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: intel. sponsors of tomrorow. and by the alfred p. sloan foundation. supporting science, technology, and improved economic
kwame holman introduces some special debate teaching tools. >> holman: working with educators around the country, newshour extra, our site for students and teachers, has put together resources to help young viewers learn about the history and evolution of debates, and feel more connected to the democratic process. find those links on the rundown. and headhunter nick corcodilos answers your job search questions, including how to approach a full career change. all that and more is on our...
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it cuts education by 450 billion dollars. it does virtually nothing except continue to increase the tax cuts for the very wealthy. and you know, we have had enough of this. the idea that the so concerned about these deficits, i pointed out, he voted to put two cars on a credit card and he did. >> we're going to the closing statements in a minute. you are gaeing to have your -- >> not raising taxes is not cutting tax, and by the way, our budget we have -- >> 3% a year instead of 4.5%. >> let me calm down things here just for a minute. and i want to talk to you briefly before we go to closing statements about your own personal character. if are you elected, what you could both give to this country as a man, as a human being, that no one else could. >> honesty, no one else could? there are plenty of fine people who could lead this country. but what you need are people who when they say they're going do something, they go do it. what you need are when people see problems they offer solutions to fix those problems. we're not getti
it cuts education by 450 billion dollars. it does virtually nothing except continue to increase the tax cuts for the very wealthy. and you know, we have had enough of this. the idea that the so concerned about these deficits, i pointed out, he voted to put two cars on a credit card and he did. >> we're going to the closing statements in a minute. you are gaeing to have your -- >> not raising taxes is not cutting tax, and by the way, our budget we have -- >> 3% a year instead...